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Where does “legi” come from?

legi (Romanian) comes from Romanian lega, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

legi (Romanian): plural of lege laws; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. plural of lege laws; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “legi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlegato tie, to bind, to connect
2Latinligō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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